Refrigerator.



C. F. SCHAFER.

` REFRIGERATOR.

1 APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1910. 978,492, Patented Deu 13, 1910.

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Tin muro-1 C. E'. SCHAPER.

RBFRIGERATOR. v 111111110111101: FILED AI1.30,1910A y 978,492. Patented Dec. 13,1910.

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CHARLES F. SCHAltER. -QAF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

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Spceficationof Letters latent. Patented Dee. 3, 1910,

Application filed April 30, 1910. I Serial No. 558,583.

To all 'whom 'it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. Soi-farmi, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, iii the county of Vigo and State ot Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of .which the tollowiug'is a specification, reference being Ihad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements inv `view through another embodiment of niyl invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings l denotes a refrigerator or other cold storage structure, the interior of which is divided horizontally into a lower cooling room or food chamber 2 and an upper ice chamber 3. The side walls of the ice chainber or compartment 3 consists of solid outer water-proof coveriii, ;l 8. arranged longitudinally one above tlieother walls 4solid inner walls 5, and open or slotted wall members (i, which latter are adapted to space the ice from the inner wall 5 and are composed of longitudinally extending` boards 7 covered with galvanized sheet metal or analogous noii-corrosive The boards 7 are ir'i spaced relation and are united Ito suitable spaced upriglits 9, their top and bottom edges'beingdownwardly and inwardly inclined or beveled. as shown at 10, whereby any moisture u1 n them will drain downwardly and drop oit of their extreme lower edges. The spaced uprights 9 are themselves spaced from the inner walls 5 by means of 4 horizontally disposed longitudinally extending cleats 9, Hence spaces for circulation of air'c'urrents 'are formed entirely around the uprights 9' and the boards 7, and the inner surfaces ofI the inner Walls 5 are also acted upon by such air currents, and moisture is prevented from' accu in ulatiiig thereon.`

',lhc roof of the ice chamber 3 is composed of a solid top 1l, two horizontally disposed sidev plates l2 of galvanized sheet metal spaced from the top1 lll by means of trans'- verse cleats or strips 13, two longitudinally corrugated galvanized metal plates 14 arranged beneath and in spaced relation to the plates l2 and supported by transverse strips 15 and a centrallyarranged corrugated plate 16 which is similar to one of the corrugated side plates 111; and is supported on transverse strips or cleats 1T, said central plate being arranged across and beneath thc space which separates Ithe super-posed spaced plateslQ,

1-fl. The iniper most sidepl'atcs i12 which are made oi' .llat sheet nietal have their outer edges engaged with the upper extremities of the inner walls of the sides of the struc-4 ture, while the. outer edges oi the corrugated plates 14 are s laced from `the inner face ot`- said walls .'"i, wliei'eby air spaces are formed for the circulation of air upwardly through ithe ict chamber and then downwardlybetween the inner and outer walls 4, 5, as iiidicated by the arrows in the drawing.' By nuiking the top of the ree chamber as shown and using the. corrugated metal plates 14, 15, the moisture in the air will condense on tliefbottom faces of said corrugated plates and will drip olf of the same.

The bottom o t' the ice chamber comprises an ice-'supporting rack and a sectional drip pan, which rack and pan separate the two chambers or compartments 2, 3. The rack is con'iposed oi a plurality of transverse, hollow, galvanized, metal bars or pipes 1S, the ends of which are arranged in notches or seats 19 ioriiied in the upper edges ol two longituilinally extending galvanized metal. supporting rails Q0.l The drip pan is romposed oi a-ceiitral section 21 and two side sections 22, the latter being` inclined downwardly and inwardly toward the central scction, and said central section being;r of invverted V-sliape and havingr its downwardly and outwardly inclined portions disposed above the lower,` inner portions of the side sections 22, whereby the drippings from the ico will accumulate on the lower inner poi'- tions ot said side sections 22 and pass out. of galvanized metal drain pipes 23. The ccntral and side sections 21, 22, ot the drip pan are each composed of supportingboards 24,

.said rails 20.

of Suid Sido sections 22 of file drip pan also have the bottoni edges of the innen: Wailea engaged-'With hom so tha the air must cirouiae iov/ard rho com@ of the iiooiing room 2 md pass iglpwmdiy bomveen iio con trai and sido sections of the drip pun? :is indicated by he arrows. The Cirio pon sootious are suppoi'ed on long' ll. oxtondiug joist i8? which 12,4' arranged. on izmsvoiso jois's oi hemos QS) porting posts Fiom the foregoing it wiiibo soon Him owing; to the peooi'ii ooiii'i'uoion tibo struouie above described, no woodmi poi-is Wiil. be in contaci, with tho ico and, iiho iwitoi' of condensation instead of coiiooiim ou this Wooden parts o *die sti'uotui'e xviii Soi/ilo on the metal paris which may oe gai aiiizoi'i or constructed of lion-Corrosive metal. Booause of this, the Wooden pafs of the svruc odors-Which conzimiiiae ille food in {.lio Cooling room or Chamber 2. 't wiii be i'iiithoi noted that tho continuous oii'cuizzion of air through the slucui'o will be maintained by mason of the peculiar coiiotiuoioi'i and arrangement of the. sovei'ai paris.

The ieai'iwaii 3l of 'dio ice chamber is prefeiabiy covered with oorizonzziii @Mondimiizii ing boards o1' members which au to the boards i, :md which um rod to upright cleats o1' sir-ips isiniiim: 'o Mio (floats i) but scoured directly ou the ou??? wall 4:, the inner "Wali being; oini''ioii ai ino 'rear 01": 'the io@ oil-amber.

illustrated a Slightly modified foi-m o ilo iuve-ntion which is ospecioliy zulnpod foi' um in large cold soiago Simoon-42S, in 51.1% embodimentof ih@ invontion I imvo iiiustiatod n doubo io oiizmibo arranged above a suiiizxblo coid'sioizigo room or compari;- meintt the, two Sections of tho chamber being' Separated 'by a voi'timl pariioi 34,- !Lwo compai'tnionts oi' Soo'iouss of Lilia dmziio ice Chamboi' are quito similoiY o iiio ono Shown in l. mici of ixo i ootmily arrangfd, ooi-my is omitted mid iii@ po. 'tfioix .i ifeotiy to the iop 5 5 of iii/3 slei'oiftui'fie, L

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Chamber ii .f described. The bottom of tiiis voiiioiliy I 'Limiti 38.

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